On an end-of-season day when Brian Rose stood down in lachrymose mood as
director of cricket, Somerset ensured they would finish first division
runners-up through a wholly predictable defeat of Worcestershire by an
innings in two and a half days.

Abdur Rehman, who now will be in heightened demand as an overseas player, took
five for 63 and, overall, match figures of 14 for 101. The contrast between
him and Worcestershire’s spinners in this match has been so marked as to be
almost